Life in the London Fire Service
PERHAPS there is not another public service of which so little is known or understood by the majority of people as the Metropolitan Fire Brigade…
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Fires & bushfires, 1902
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A Modern Fire. (Continued from last week.)
Another day of disappointment, and yet not altogether so, for I got the end of a lit from the siren. After that, however, she could not be induced to favor me, I…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welcome Home. A Fire Brigade Reunion
ON Friday evening an official welcome home was tendered to Mr. N. Gavan, of the Dubbo Fire Brigade, who having last year gone away to the war in South Africa, returned some two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That Fatal Fire. the Inquest
The inquest concerning the death of Francis Johnstone Wilson, whose dead body was recovered from the remains of a house in Darlingalane, which was destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Outbreak. Dr Robinson's Stables Destroyed. Two Horses Burned
Just after 12 o'clock on Monday night the cry of fire again rang through the town, and a brilliant illumination in the sky soon located tho outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Formation of a Fire Brigade. Public Meeting
On a requisition of a number of citizens of Cobar, a public meeting, to take the initiatory steps for the formation of a Fire Brigade, was convened by the Mayor on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Artz and Russell's Mill. An Enquiry to be Held
EARLY on Wednesday morning a fire broke out on Messrs. Artz and Russel's saw mill property, Gipps-street, in a shed at the rear of the mill building. The fire was observed about 4 a.m…
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ON Monday the District Coroner, Mr. Dulhunty, held an inquiry at the Great Western hotel into the cause of the fire which took place on October 15 at Davies' saw…
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The Kent-street fire yesterday resulted in £12,000 damages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Artz and Russell's Mill. Coroner's Inquest
THE District Coroner (Mr. R. G. Dulhunty J.P.) conducted an inquest at Martin's Great Western Hotel on Monday, re the recent fire at Messrs. Artz and Russell's sawmills, by…
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What threatened to be another destructive fire brake out at five this morning at Batson Company's printing establishment, Clarence street. The brigades were at work in a very…
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A big fire was averted this morning by the prompt arrival of the fire brigade [?] Batson's printing establishment, Clarence-street. The ground floor was…
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A fire at Maryborough, Victoria, destroyed several business places in the principal portion of the town…
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Thirty business premises in east London, Cape Colony, have been destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Bodangora. Boy Burnt to Death
A terrible fire occurred at Bodangora on Tuesday night at 9 o'clock. A wooden place occupied by Mr. North caught fire, and in few moments was one terrific conflagration…
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A WOODEN cottage lined with hessian, occupied by F. Stanley, was destroyed by fire at Bodangora at 10 p.m. on Tuesday. The outbreak was due to a lighted candle igniting window…
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A destructive fire occurred at Ratportage, Canada. Many houses, six steamers and 25,000,000 feet of lumber were destroyed. The damage is estimated…
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AT the Collie Court House, on Thursday, an inquest was conducted by Mr. R. G. D[?]lhunty, District Coroner, into the circumstances connected with the origin of a fire by which a hut…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire Brigade
AT last Monday's council meeting an alderman expressed the opinion that the hose belonging to the Fire Brigade was neglected and was in an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Brigade and the Hose. Reply to Aldermanic Strictures
RESPECTING the criticisms passed at the Council meeting on Monday night on the manner in which the hose of the Fire Brigade was left exposed to wind and weather outside the station,…
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